Idea Tools

Idea tools are software or methodologies designed to facilitate ideation and creativity in business innovation processes.

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Intelligence

Intelligence: The ability to learn, understand, and apply knowledge to enhance decision-making and solve problems creatively.

Kaizen

Kaizen entails the continuous practice of incrementally improving products, processes or services over a period of time.

Systems Thinking

Systems Thinking is the process of understanding how different factors within a system all influence one another.

Top Idea Tools Resources

Evaluate Ideas easier with Ideanote

Evaluate Ideas easier with Ideanote

Learn how to maximize your potential by switching between analytical and creative thinking using Ideanote's idea management platform. Evaluate ideas efficiently, use relevant criteria, and tailor your audience for relevant insights from co-workers.

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False positives, false negatives, and other innovation ghosts

False positives, false negatives, and other innovation ghosts

The article discusses false positives and false negatives in innovation projects, and how to avoid them.

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Finding Lead Users for Innovation

Finding Lead Users for Innovation

Google Slam is a platform where users can showcase creative and innovative ways of using Google products, making it a honeypot for Lead Users.

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Four ways ideas are selected for implementation

Four ways ideas are selected for implementation

Generating ideas is easy, but turning them into products requires senior leader buy-in. Ideas can be converted through Assignment, Sponsorship, Adoption, or Spinout, and organizations need to understand which method(s) work best for them.

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Innovation or Not - Progressive Protein - Powder be Gone

Innovation or Not - Progressive Protein - Powder be Gone

Progressive Protein has developed a new liquid collagen-based protein product. A basketball coach tried it and found it easy to digest, tastier than other recovery drinks, and a good option for people with allergies.

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Innovative Ideas - 4 Keys to Sustainable Idea Sourcing by Pam Didner

Innovative Ideas - 4 Keys to Sustainable Idea Sourcing by Pam Didner

Learn how to make idea sourcing sustainable with a sound process. Pam Didner explains how Dell and Starbucks keep cultivating innovative ideas for the long-term.

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Parkinson’s Law and the Peter Principle - are they relevant to innovation?

Parkinson’s Law and the Peter Principle - are they relevant to innovation?

Parkinson's Law and the Peter Principle still impact innovation today, hindering re-engineering, digitalization, and meritocracy.

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The Secret to Your Success: How to Innovate with a Good Idea Management Process

Effective idea management processes are crucial for successful innovation, but many businesses lack them. The six legs of the process include preparation, generation, enhancement, evaluation and selection, implementation and storage.

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Using Campaigns to Generate Ideas in Your Company

Only 40% of the most innovative companies have a structured idea management program in place. Campaigns are a more reliable way to build trust and momentum, and a campaign leader kit helps create a consistent approach.

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What Are Some Good Risk Management Techniques?

Effective risk management is key to project success. Learn how to identify, analyze, and plan for risks to ensure your project stays on track.

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What Are The Different Source Of Innovation?

Innovation is essential for development and better living conditions. Here are seven sources of innovation proposed by Peter F. Drucker in his book ''Innovation and Entrepreneurship'': unexpected, incongruity, necessity, demographics, market structure change, changing perception, and new knowledge.

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What is Idea Management and Why is it Important?

Idea management is about setting up business processes that ensure all ideas are given a chance to flourish. This can be done digitally or analog.

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You're About to Make a Terrible Mistake: How Biases Distort Decision-Making and What You Can Do to Fight Them

You're About to Make a Terrible Mistake: How Biases Distort Decision-Making and What You Can Do to Fight Them

Discover nine common business decisionmaking traps and learn practical tools for avoiding them.

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Brightidea

Brightidea

1 Software for Managing Employee Ideas

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PA Consulting

PA Consulting

Bringing Ingenuity to Life. Growth strategy through disruptive innovation and strategic transformation

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